South Africa is experiencing the turbulent aftermath of apartheid and the ravages of
HIV/AIDS. Levels of violence are extremely high. In South Africa, violence has become …

Taking both a historical and contemporary perspective, the book covers the extent of and
manner in which traumatic stress manifests, including the way in which exposure to such …

The current study describes the epidemiology and patterns of moderate to severe childhood
burn injuries in the Western Cape province in South Africa. Burn injuries sustained by …

A retrospective review of 406 suicidal gunshot wounds to the head, investigated at the
Medico-Legal Laboratory of Pretoria, between 1997 and 2000 was performed. Fifty-seven …

From a prospective study on burn patients admitted at the Burn Center in Kuwait during
1993–2001, 826 paediatric burn cases, in 0–14 years age group, were retrieved to study …

A descriptive, cross-sectional analytical study was conducted to determine whether the
recommended walking speed of 1.2 ms− 1 would allow elderly pedestrians to safely clear …

There is a paucity of data with regards to non-lightning, electrical-related injuries in sub-
Saharan Africa. A review of the South African medical literature also shows a dearth of …

This study describes the sociodemographic distribution of suicide deaths compared with
other injury deaths in South Africa. Cross-sectional data for 26,354 cases were extracted …

In the wake of apartheid, many in the South African health and social sciences shifted their
orientation to understanding violence. Rather than approaching violence as a criminal …

MATERIALS AND METHODS The Departments of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine of the
University of Pretoria conducted this study jointly. Prior ethical approval was obtained from …